Big clouds control GPU leasing; startups are locked out
Revolutionizing GPU Access for AI Workloads | Greg Osuri - Akash Network (ETHDenver)
“GPUs are very hard to get on demand. Why? Because big cloud providers control GPU leasing. For example, on Amazon the only way to get advanced GPUs is to know somebody that knows somebody and spend millions of dollars to even get access to the chips. So if you’re [an] AI startup, there’s no way in hell you’ll be able to get started without having millions of dollars of funding.” — 00:01:33
Context: The access-inequality argument; he adds that Zuckerberg bought ~350,000 H100s and Nvidia direct orders take 2–3 years.